Yellow Flower Hill Uprising could be the most significant event in our time. The following is written by Bai Ding, my high school classmate. I have his permission to publish it here. Bai is the descendant of one of the patriots. I bet this history event is written differently in China, Taiwan and even Hong Kong, so feel free to express your point of view. The two poems in … [Read more...] about Letter: A Brief Memoriam for the Yellow Flower Hill Uprising
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(Letter from tibetan, Opposing Viewpoint) Smurf Emancipation Day: 50 years of harmonious oppression
In light of the mega attention and millions of yuans that chinese government use to establish a new holiday in Tibet "Serf Emancipation Day", and advertise this around the world, clever Tibetan youth in Tibet created the following cartoon: "Surf Emancipation Day: 50 years of harmonious oppression". http://woeser.middle-way.net/2009/03/blog-post_28.html … [Read more...] about (Letter from tibetan, Opposing Viewpoint) Smurf Emancipation Day: 50 years of harmonious oppression
(Letter from ecodelta) Is China the plug in hybrid vehicle paradise?
Casually browsing through the internet I stumbled over this article about plug in hybrid cars. Here is the link http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=electric-cars-cost-per-charge The article compares the relative costs and advantages of plug in hybrid vehicles respect to conventional gas powered vehicles. The article makes some major claims about energy resource consumption … [Read more...] about (Letter from ecodelta) Is China the plug in hybrid vehicle paradise?
What is the best country to get sick in?
This may start like a bar story, but it may end as a rant: one day, a Canadian colleague, an American colleague and I (Chinese) were having lunch, and we were talking about the health care problems each face in our countries. In Canada, you pay high tax, but health care is free. In America, you pay relatively low tax (according to the Canadian), but healthcare is … [Read more...] about What is the best country to get sick in?
German and/or Chinese?
In a recent commentary in the Chronicle of Higher Education (March 6, 2009, A33), Professor Brockmann (professor of German at Carnegie Mellon University) pointed out that the study of foreign languages should not be a zero-sum game.His commentary is a response to the University of Southern California’s plan to eliminate the German Department to usher in studies of Eastern Asian … [Read more...] about German and/or Chinese?